Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation

Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) are important for development organizations in order to assess the results achieved with respect to the set targets. Firstly, by monitoring the development of the project, the organization can easily understand whether strategic changes need to be made and act accordingly. Secondly, M&E are relevant to donors who need to assess whether the NGO is a reliable partner. Thus, to develop a strong M&E plan is of vital importance. Drawing up a Project Monitoring and Evaluation (PME) system will help organizations to think about how they can implement program efficiently.

The PME course intends to promote a broad understanding on monitoring and evaluation and its relevance in the context of project management and implementation. The key objective is to enhance the ability and skills to build a project or program design and a monitoring and evaluation framework. More specifically, the course seeks to develop and utilize appropriate indicators for measuring project or program goals, mapping outcomes, outputs, and effectiveness. Further, the course would help in understanding quantitative and qualitative data collection methods and the ability to use them in project or program monitoring and evaluation. Importantly, it would provide necessary skills to write reports and recommendations in the context of project monitoring and evaluation.

Expected Outcome

Once the candidate completes the course, he/she will be able to:

Design the internal PME framework of the organisation.

Apply various monitoring tools for better programme management.

Develop skill sets to measure the impacts of development interventions.

Best Suited For

Monitoring and Evaluation Officers, Program Officers, Project managers and any other professionals who are involved in the monitoring and evaluation process.

Students aspiring to work in development sector.

Any individual who is keen to learn about the project monitoring aspects of the NGO sector

Course Design

This is a six-month web-based course.

The course has been divided into 6 modules.

Discussion forum and assessment will be a part of regular learning process.

Assessment will be conducted online after the completion of the sixth module and the exams dates will be shared beforehand.

Each student is required to undertake a project and submit a project report. The topic for the same will be assigned by the faculty.

The study material for each module will be parked on the website for the online access of the students. It can be downloaded by the participants.

Course Contents

Module 1- Overview of PME

Module 2- Preliminary Need Assessment and Planning

Module 3- Monitoring

Module 4- Evaluation

Module 5-Institutionalising PME

Module 6- Tools for Monitoring

COURSE PEDAGOGY

Lecture: Video Lectures will be uploaded on the website by the faculties.Discussion Forum: The topic for discussion forum will be uploaded on the website on a weekly basis by the faculty. The students can post their answers and opinions on the website.Chat Room Sessions (Video Conferencing): Virtual class room sessions will be held through Video Conferencing by the faculties. The teaching sessions will be interactive in nature and will be broadcasted on a particular topic.

Fee Structure

Category of Applicants

Amount

Indian applicants

INR 35,000 + GST

Applicants from developed countries

1,000 USD

Applicants from SAARC and other developing countries

800 USD

Registration

In order to register for the course:
Step 1: Visit www.fmsflearningsystems.org
Step 2: Click on ‘Register for a Course"
Step 3: Fill up the form online
Step 4: Click, ‘Submit’

Mode of Payment

(a) In case of Cheque/ Demand Draft, it should be issued in favor of “CPA Services Pvt. Ltd.